tornatrás

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Jump to navigation Jump to search

Spanish

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Torna atrás

Etymology

Blend of torna +‎ atrás.

Noun

tornatrás m or f (plural tornatrás)

(Latin America, Philippines, historical) A descendant of mestizo/s with characteristics of only one of their parent's ancestries or race.
Synonym: saltatrás
(Latin America, historical) A child of an albino and a Spaniard
Synonym: saltatrás
(Philippines, historical) A child of a Sangley (pure ethnic Chinese person) and a Spaniard

Further reading

“tornatrás”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=tornatrás&oldid=80574055"